The American Book Award-winning poet and member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation is the first Indigenous poet to assume the role. Humanities Washington and ArtsWA/The Washington State Arts Commission is excited to announce that poet Rena Priest has been appointed the sixth Washington State Poet Laureate by Governor Jay Inslee. Priest’s literary debut, Patriarchy Blues, was honored …
Is Seattle literary hub Hugo House haunted? The building was once a mortuary… Get in the Halloween spirit with the Haunted Hugo House Party Thursday October 30 starting at 8:00. There will be a literary costume contest! (Need ideas? Did you see Tuesday’s featured post?) There will be tours of the basement– spooooky. There will …
From the awesome organizers of Lit Crawl Seattle… Lit Crawl Seattle is back! Our third annual romp through Capitol and First Hills happens Thursday, October 23rd from 6pm until the squirrels go home. This year’s lineup features more than 65 authors in 21 readings, all presenting their work free to the public, with many venues …
In the spring of 2005 I was just a few weeks on the job with the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association when we hosted our spring tradeshow, in Seattle. One of my duties over the course of the three-day show was to host an afternoon event called the Author Reading Room. Among the six authors scheduled …
Peter Mountford gives human form to the volatile science of Economics in his second novel, The Dismal Science, which follows Vincenzo d’Orsi’s purgative transformation as he learns to cope with loss and living. Mountford is embarking on a whirlwind tour, including his Seattle book launch party at Richard Hugo House, February 13 at 7 pm, …
On Monday September 9 at 7:00 at Richard Hugo House, author Ryan Boudinot will “present an overview of the UNESCO City of Literature program,” and then “discuss the application process, and what to expect if UNESCO designates Seattle a City of Literature.” Everyone who is interested in learning more and/or participating is invited to join this …
Author Ryan Boudinot (Blueprints of the Afterlife, The Littlest Hitler) delivered the following speech at the reading celebrating Elliott Bay Book Company’s 40th Anniversary on June 30, 2013. Before I address the subject of Elliott Bay Book Company’s future, I’d like to acknowledge a few people. First, the extraordinarily well-read, friendly, tireless, generous, and in one particular …
“I'd always written, but never seriously,” said Simmons, who moved to Seattle in 2000. “It wasn't until I worked in a bookstore and spent enough time around authors and writing, and started reading more and more, that I discovered how to take things I'd always written and turn them into stories.” That& buy cigars online …
Karen Finneyfrock has been a great supporter of Seattle’s writing community through her roles as teacher, writer, and performer. She is beloved to the spoken word poetry scene, having organized the Seattle Poetry Slam for four years. She has published two books of poetry, the most recent Ceremony for the Choking Ghost. Finneyfrock met Kristianne Huntsberger at …
Though missing a few obvious mentions of people and places such as Garth Stein, Sasquatch Books and a slew of bookstores (it could be fun to fill up the comments with omissions), this Ploughshares magazine Literary Boroughs series tour of Seattle does make for a good pamphlet tour of the literary city. It covers most of …
